Ashade
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This is a little bit dead but I just finished building my O2+ODAC and I'm so impressed with the results that I wanted to go further. Any recommendations?
This is a little bit dead but I just finished building my O2+ODAC and I'm so impressed with the results that I wanted to go further. Any recommendations?
Fun build: anything by Bottlehead.
Insane build: QRV08
EDIT: nullstring has made a wiki page with this list here: http://www.head-fi.org/wiki/list-of-diy-headphone-amps
I just had a thought: we need a list of current do-it-yourself headphone amplifiers. So here it is. I'll be updating when someone alerts me to new amps or amps that I have missed. Now, since there is a very large amount of circuit designs available, I'll only be listing available kits and PCB (if you want a circuit design only, you should check headwize).
And what do you know? I just found a brand new design that came up yesterday (31/01/2011)!
*****IMPORTANT***** If the link sends you to a thread, read it before posting. Nothing is worse than a newcomer asking questions that have already been answered.
Available as a kit (and sometimes as a PCB).
Available as a PCB.
Available as a group buy (hurry!)
Currently unavailable.
Schematics only. If you're lucky, there might be a bill of materials, or even files to make a PCB.
Solid State
AMB α20 (info & PCB)
AMB M3 (info & PCB)
AMB Cavalli-Kan Kumisa III (info & PCB)
AMB β22 (info & PCB) (kit)
DAO & DAO with Taylor CCS (info)
Kevin Gilmore Dynalo (info) (PCB)
Kevin Gilmore Dynahi (info) (PCB)
Pavel Macura Audio Dispre 2 - JFET (info & PCB)
Sjöström Audio QRV01 through QRV08 (info & PCB)
Twisted Pear Audio Ventus (info & kit)
"The Wire" (info & Group Buy @ DIY Audio)
Hybrid
Aikido 24V line-stage/headphone amplifier (info) (PCB & kit)
Cavalli Audio Compact Tube Hybrid (CTH) (info) (Group Buy @ Head-Fi)
Cavalli Audio Single Opamp Headphone Amplifier II (SOHA II) (info) (PCB & kit)
Cavalli Audio Embedded Hybrid Headphone Amplifier & Revision A (EHHA & EHHA Rev. A) (info) (PCB & kit)
Millett Hybrid MAXed (info) (PCB & kit)
Millett Hybrid MOSFET-MAX (info) (PCB & kit)
Millett Hybrid MiniMax (info) (PCB & kit)
Starving Student Millett Hybrid (info)
Tube
Aikido 9-Pin All-in-One Line-Stage/Head-Phone Amplifier (info) (PCB & kit)
Aikido Octal All-in-One Line-Stage/Head-Phone Amplifier (info) (PCB & kit)
Aikido SRPP+ stereo line-stage and headphone amplifier (info) (PCB & kit)
Bottlehead Crack OTL (info & kit)
Bottlehead Single Ended eXperimenter's (S.E.X) (info & kit)
Bottlehead Smack WOT (info & kit)
Cavalli Audio Bijou OTL (info) (PCB & kit)
ecp.cc L'espressivo (info)
Hagerman Technology Castanet (info)
Pete Millett "Jonokuchi" (info & PCB)
Maple Tree Audio Ear+ HD (info & kit)
World Designs HD3S (info & kit)
Portable
AMB Mini3 (info & PCB) (kit)
Decware ZKIT3 (info & kit)
CMoy (info) (Bass Boost PCB) (kit)
Oatley Electronics K272A (tube hybrid) (info & kit)
PPA (info & PCB)
PIMETA v2 (info & PCB)
Electrostatic
Cavalli Audio eXStatA (Solid State & Hybrid) (info)
Kevin Gilmore All-triode Direct Drive (tube) (info)
Kevin Gilmore Blue Hawaii (hybrid) (info)
Kevin Gilmore Current-Domain (KGSS predecessor?) (info)
Kevin Gilmore Solid State High Voltage (thread)
Kevin Gilmore's Stax SRM-T2 clone (thread)
Links
Audiologica (CMoy, PPA & Pimeta)
AMB Laboratories (also stocks PCB for Kevin Gilmore amps)
Beezar (kits for Millett Hybrids)
Bottlehead
Cavalli Audio
Decware
DIY RESOURCES - Kevin Gilmore DYNAMIC HEADPHONE AMPLIFIERS and POWER SUPPLIES
DIYforums.org (Millett Hybrids)
Electric Sumo (CMoy kit)
Glass Jar Audio (kits and PCB for AMB and Cavalli amps)
GlassWare Audio Design (Aikido)
Hagerman Technology
JDS Lab (CMoy Bass Boost PCB)
Maple Tree Audio Design
Oatley Electronics K272A kit
Pavel Macura Audio
Pete Millett's DIY Audio pages
Sjöström Audio
Twister Pear Audio
Threads
Thread on "The Wire"
Thread on the DAO
Schematics
ecp.cc (several DIY projects)
Headwize Library (DIY with an enphasis on the Y)
Any reason why the torpedo isn't in there?
There are new tubes to roll in my torpedo? Does it require any tweaks? Haha.
Edit. Then we should add it in now!